
England cricket team
The England cricket team defeated Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs in the only Test match. In this match, the batsmen performed brilliantly for England and dust Zimbabwe. England defeated Zimbabwe’s team in a Test match after 22 years, as the Test match between the two teams was played in 2002. In the match, England batting first and declared the innings by scoring 565 runs. Then Zimbabwe’s team scored 265 runs in the first innings and 255 runs in the second innings.
Oli Pope played 171 runs
For England, Jack Craulie, Ben Docket, Oli Pope performed well and all three players scored centuries. Craulie and Docket shared a 231 -run partnership for the first wicket and with this they laid the foundation of a big score. Craulie scored 124 runs. After this, Docket scored 140 runs. At the same time, Oli Pope, who landed at number three, presented a sample of a strange batting and scored 176 runs, including 24 fours and two sixes. Apart from these three batsmen, Harry Brook scored 58 runs. England declared their innings for 565 runs at the loss of 6 wickets.
Brian Bennett scored a century
England bowlers performed well after the batsmen. Zimbabwe’s team was reduced to 265 runs in the first innings. Brian Bennett scored 139 runs for the team. It is because of them that the team has been successful in crossing 200 runs. Captain Craig Irwin contributed 42 runs and Scene Williams contributed 25 runs. Shoaib Bashir took the most three wickets for England.
Shoaib Bashir took 6 wickets
After this, Sean Williams (88 runs) and Sikander Raza (60 runs) scored half -centuries in the second innings, but both of them could not get the support of the rest of the batsmen. Weseli Madhevere contributed 31 runs and the entire team could score only 255 runs. In the second innings for England, Shoaib Bashir bowled well and took 6 wickets. He played an important role in covering Zimbabwe early. It was because of him that the England cricket team managed to win. He received the Player of the Match Award because of the good game.
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